Statute · California Penal Code
Cal. Penal Code § 404 — OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE
Cal. Penal Code § 404
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Penal Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1996-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(a) Any use of force or violence, disturbing the public peace, or any threat to use force or violence, if accompanied by immediate power of execution, by two or more persons acting together, and without authority of law, is a riot.
Citator
Cal. Penal Code § 404 — OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PUBLIC PEACE is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(a) Any use of force or violence, disturbing the public peace, or any threat to use force or violence, if accompanied by immediate power of execution, by two or more persons acting together, and without authority of law, is a riot.
(b) As used in this section, disturbing the public peace may occur in any place of confinement. Place of confinement means any state prison, county jail, industrial farm, or road camp, or any city jail, industrial farm, or road camp, or any juvenile hall, juvenile camp, juvenile ranch, or juvenile forestry camp.